USEFULNESS OF SONOVUE IN EVALUATION OF LIVER FOCAL LESIONS VASCULARISATION

Purpose: To evaluate usefulness of ultrasound contrast medium SonoVue in the assessment of liver focal lesions vascularisation in comparison with Colour Doppler and Power Doppler imaging with MRI scan as Gold Standard. Methods and Materials: We included 10 patients with 13 liver focal lesions (9 patients with 12 liver metastases and 1 patient with 1 primary liver lesion (HCC)). All patients underwent MRI examination, which served as Gold Standard in the study, and subsequently sonography. Ultrasound examination was performed basing on previously acknowledged MRI results. Each hepatic lesion was primary studied w…